Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
CARL SAGANWhat an astonishing thing a book is.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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We are all stardust.
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Arguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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